The Corporation will install more than a thousand loudspeakers in waste collection vehicles.
What’s it about? A resolution was passed on Monday for the Corporation to install 1,366 loudspeakers in battery-operated vehicles that collect waste door-to-door. They’ll be installed in the vehicles operating in zones 4-8. There are more than 2,000 of these vehicles in the city.
- In December, the commissioner wanted loudspeakers installed to broadcast songs and messages on solid waste management. Officials want people to be aware of cleanliness.
- The vehicles will have sound amplifiers. During the monsoon, the loudspeakers were damaged due to the rains. A new manufacturer was invited to replace the broken ones.
The numbers: The loudspeakers will be installed for a cost of ₹1.09 crores. Zone 4, Tondiarpet, will have 435 speakers. Royapuram Zone will have 424, and the Thiru Vi Ka Nagar Zone will have 243.